HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Overanalyze stormed down the home stretch to pull away and win the $1 million Arkansas Derby on Saturday.

The colt, trained by Todd Pletcher, trailed with a second group for much of the race before charging ahead after the final turn in the 11/8-mile race.

Overanalyze overcame the lead pack and held off Frac Daddy and Carve to earn Pletcher his third win in the Kentucky Derby prep race, his first since winning back-to-back Arkansas Derbies in 2000 and 2001.

Pre-race favorite War Academy, trained by Bob Baffert, pulled up on the back stretch. The colt did, however, walk off the Oaklawn Park track under his own power.

Overanalyze had raced only once previously this year after a stellar 2-year-old campaign that included three wins in five starts.

- At Lexington, Ky., Java's War edged Palace Malice by a neck Saturday to win the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and solidify his credentials for the Kentucky Derby.

Ridden by Julien Leparoux, Java's War trailed the field after starting from the fourth position, then came on in the backstretch to challenge Palace Malice down the stretch and pull ahead. With his first Grade I stakes victory, Java's War earned 100 more points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby standings after starting the day with 22, placing him in the mix for the 139th running on May 4 at Churchill Downs.

Java's War covered 11/8 mile in 1:50.27 and paid $11.20, $5.60 and $4.